Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So I will put you down in the "prefer BW" column. I'm shocked! ;-) Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com On Jan 5, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Bob: John Sexton, Alan Ross, Michael Kenna, Michael Levin, Frank > Golhke,Timothy Cooper, Josef Hoflehner etc. ... are still churning out > wonderful B&W landscapes. > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Curious if folks feel that applies to landscapes too... >> Are the majority of impactful landscape photos BW or color? or both? >> >> I don't know if it's right to leave Adams out of the mix as he essentially >> has >> defined landscape photography for our generation. Maybe try to think of >> more >> recent landscape images that have impacted you. >> >> Just curious as one who concentrates more on landscape photography... >> Bob >> Bob Adler >> Palo Alto, CA >> http://www.rgaphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 7:57:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] what are the most important aspects of a photographic >> image? >> >>> From PhotoQuotes.com: >> >> TED GRANT >> father of Canadian Photojournalism >> >> When you photograph a man in color, you photograph his clothes. When you >> photograph a man in B&W, you photograph his soul. - Ted >> Grant<http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=525&name=Grant,Ted> >> - a famous Canadian photographer >> >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes, I am selling b&w work, and from what i've seen in galleries many are >>> selling b&w as well. And Tina and Ted have chimed in that they are too. >>> >>> For the most part, for my type of photography, I just like B&W better. To >>> me, it seems to have more gravitas. I'm shooting both film and digital >> but >>> converting most digital to B&W with silver efex pro. It just seems to >> look >>> more timeless to me. Three of my images, I think, in my upcoming show at >> the >>> Leica Gallery in NYC are converted M8 and M9 files. If I processed them >>> well, it's just about impossible to tell the prints from silver gelatin. >>> >>> craig >>> >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:11 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Really whose making and selling recently made black and white >>>>> photography? >>>>> On the LUG we have Craig Semetko. >>>>> But I believe Crag is the exception not the rule. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information